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New York Times:
Donald Trump Is Finally Uniting Top Republican Donors — Against Him — The prospect of a Donald J. Trump nomination is accomplishing what a diverse and talented field of Republican presidential contenders could not: uniting the party's big-money donor establishment.
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John Kasich / Plain Dealer:
John Kasich's presidential campaign began March with $1.25 million, new filing shows
John Kasich's presidential campaign began March with $1.25 million, new filing shows
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RedState and The Resurgent
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump headed for a whipping in Utah
Trump headed for a whipping in Utah
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Hot Air, Breitbart and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's personal investment in campaign climbs to nearly $25 million
Donald Trump's personal investment in campaign climbs to nearly $25 million
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New York Magazine
Sen. Ted Cruz / Politico:
In Cuba, Obama Will Legitimize the Corrupt and Ignore the Oppressed — Communist Havana has always been a magnet for the radical chic of the left, drawn like moths to the flame of this western outpost of totalitarian Communism. Back in the 1960s, the visitors included Angela Davis and Stokely Carmichael …
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CBS News:
CBS/NYT Poll: Majority of Americans support restoring U.S.-Cuba ties — As President Obama travels Cuba for his historic trip, a majority of Americans support restoring U.S.-Cuba diplomatic ties, according to a new CBS News/New York Times poll. — Fifty-two percent approve of the president's handling …
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Hit & Run, Politico, The Week, New York Times and Hot Air
New York Times:
Obama Arrives in Cuba, Heralding New Era After Decades of Hostility
Obama Arrives in Cuba, Heralding New Era After Decades of Hostility
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Outside the Beltway, Reuters, Daily Kos, Washington Post, New York Magazine, Associated Press and Washington Monthly
Alan Gomez / USA Today:
Cuba arrests dozens of human rights protesters before Obama's arrival
Cuba arrests dozens of human rights protesters before Obama's arrival
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Shakesville, Guardian, Betsy's Page and Los Angeles Times
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Democrats to Sanders: Time to wind it down — Democratic senators of all stripes are as impressed as they are surprised by Bernie Sanders' insurgent campaign. — But the time has come, they say, for Sanders to start winding things down. — After holding their fire on Sanders …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
John Roberts Criticized Supreme Court Confirmation Process, Before There Was a Vacancy — WASHINGTON — Last month, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. delivered some blunt remarks about the Supreme Court confirmation process. The Senate should ensure that nominees are qualified, he said, and leave politics out of it.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Supreme Court nominee Garland bows out of more cases — Supreme Court nominee and D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Merrick Garland begged off at least nine more court cases in recent days, signaling that he is suspending his work as chief judge on that court through at least mid-April.
Ed Whelan / National Review:
George Will's Misguided Attack on Senate Republicans
George Will's Misguided Attack on Senate Republicans
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Judicial Crisis Network
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Trump plans AIPAC surprise — Over the nine months of his presidential campaign, Donald Trump has yet to step to a podium and read from a script. That changes Monday, when he is set to address more than 18,000 people attending the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference in Washington.
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Liz Kreutz / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Slams Donald Trump Over Israel-Palestine: 'Some Things Aren't Negotiable'
Hillary Clinton Slams Donald Trump Over Israel-Palestine: 'Some Things Aren't Negotiable'
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Politico, Washington Post and Taylor Marsh
Frank Rich / New York Magazine:
Can we please retire the notion that Donald Trump is hijacking someone else's party? — In mid-July of 2015, a month after Donald Trump announced his presidential run, I joined a gaggle of political junkies in a clubby bar four blocks from the White House to hear a legendary campaign strategist expound on the race ahead.
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Balloon Juice
Eric Martin / Bloomberg Business:
Stop Trump Movement Gets Boost From Mexico's Efforts in U.S. — Consulates in U.S. Promote Citizenship For Immigrants — Charm Offensive Seeks to bolster Image of Mexico in U.S. — Mexico is mounting an unprecedented effort to turn its permanent residents in the U.S. into citizens …
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Infowars
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Trump puts GOP House majority in jeopardy — Donald Trump is on the verge of two things once thought to be impossible: winning the Republican presidential nomination, and putting Republicans' historically large House majority in danger. — Democrats have for the past year discussed …
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The New Civil Rights Movement and Joe.My.God.
León Krauze / New Yorker:
Me Gusta Trump: Portrait of a Hispanic Trump Voter — John Castillo grew up in Lincoln Heights, the heart of Hispanic Los Angeles, in a tight-knit Mexican-American family. His father's name was Juan, but his mother decided to name their son John. He attended Cathedral High School …
Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Man Arrested On Suspicion Of Assaulting Trump Protester Is Active Duty Air Force — Officials confirmed late Sunday night that the 32-year-old man arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor assault at a Donald Trump rally in Tucson is an airman assigned to a nearby base.
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New York Magazine
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Priebus: ‘You let the process play out’ … Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus in an interview Sunday dismissed the notion that presidential candidates who fall just short of the necessary number of delegates should receive the Republican nomination.
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Politico and Political Wire
Charles Gasparino / New York Post:
Will Hillary get charged, or what? — FBI chief James Comey and his investigators are increasingly certain presidential nominee Hillary Clinton violated laws in handling classified government information through her private e-mail server, career agents say.
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Johns Hopkins researchers poke a hole in Apple's encryption — Apple's growing arsenal of encryption techniques — shielding data on devices as well as real-time video calls and instant messages — has spurred the U.S. government to sound the alarm that such tools are putting the communications …
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
The Mutual Dependence of Donald Trump and the News Media — Did you catch the Trump-Kelly bout Friday night? What a show. — It had Donald J. Trump, The Likely Republican Presidential Nominee, throwing the first punch (of that day) at the star Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly by composing …
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